HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ: ESGR) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiaries have reached an agreement for a ground-up Loss Portfolio Transfer (“LPT”) with certain subsidiaries of QBE Insurance Group Limited (“QBE”) on a diversified portfolio of business, covering International and North America financial lines, European and North American reinsurance portfolios, and several US discontinued programs.
In the LPT transaction, which will be effective as of January 1, 2023, Enstar’s subsidiaries will assume net loss reserves from QBE of $1.9 billion and will provide approximately $900 million of cover in excess of the ceded reserves on business largely underwritten between 2010 and 2018.
The transaction will complete upon receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of various other closing conditions. Upon completion, a portion of the portfolio currently underwritten via QBE’s Lloyd’s syndicates 386 and 2999 will be transferred into Enstar syndicate 2008.